French Open champ Li loses to Lisicki at Wimbledon

French Open champion Li Na wasted two match points and lost to wild-card entry Sabine Lisicki of Germany 3-6, 6-4, 8-6 in the second round of Wimbledon.

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WIMBLEDON, England —

French Open champion Li Na wasted two match points and lost to wild-card entry Sabine Lisicki of Germany 3-6, 6-4, 8-6 in the second round of Wimbledon.

Li served for the match twice in the final set Thursday but was broken each time. She had won 14 of her previous 15 Grand Slam matches in 2011, reaching the final at the Australian Open, then becoming China's first major singles champion at Roland Garros.

But Lisicki has won 12 of her last 13 matches on grass courts, including reaching the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 2009 and winning a tuneup tournament in Birmingham this month. She missed five months last season with a left ankle injury, and she fell out of the top 200 in the rankings. Lisicki is back up to 62nd.